Emotions run high over execution

January 22, 2014 |Photos by Mayra Beltran / Houston Chronicle

After a brief delay that seemed to have answered the prayers of his supporters, an inmate from Mexico has been executed for the killing of a Houston police officer.

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Gayle Gaddis, mother of victim Guy P. Gaddis, delivers her statement after the execution of Edgar Arias Tamayo at the the Texas State Penitentiary 'Walls Unit' on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, in Huntsville.

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Gayle Gaddis, mother of victim Guy P. Gaddis, delivers her statement after the execution of Edgar Arias Tamayo at the the Texas State Penitentiary 'Walls Unit' on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, in Huntsville.